Disruption • stoneware 26 x 18" • 2024
The goal of this piece is to ask viewers to disrupt the binary that humans have imposed between predator and prey species, the cottonmouth snake here poses no threat to the heron, yet poses a threat to humans. The heron poses no threat to humans, but can eat the snake. Likewise, in our appreciation of the heron's beauty, we often disrupt their natural behaviors, spurring them to leave chicks behind, acting in the same way a predator would. Despite our benign, or even benevolent intentions, we often create more ripples in the pond than we imagine.
Trophic Levels | 2023
in this project, each bowl represents a species in the food chain of the Pacific ocean off the California coast. The bowls had statistics about mercury biomagnification, which was impacting young seal pups.
mouse | 2023 | stoneware
fox | 2023 | stoneware
raccoon | 2023 | stoneware
unfired majolica piece | 2023 | stoneware, excerpt from "Fuzz" by Mary Roach
Portraits of a Food Web | 2023 | stoneware
fox den | 2024 | sectional stoneware 18 x 36 x 24 "
